ProFootballTalk — The authorities in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana initially did not arrest Ronald Gasser, the 54-year-old man who shot and killed former NFL running back Joe McKnight last week. Gasser has since been arrested for manslaughter.

Sheriff Newell Normand, whose press conference from Friday seemed unreasonably defensive and unnecessarily combative, took it to the next level on Tuesday, complaining about the criticism his department has absorbed by pounding on the podium on multiple occasions and quoting from profanity-laden messages directed to elected officials who supported law enforcement’s desire to take a deliberate approach to the investigation of the shooting.

MSNBC quickly cut away from the press conference once Normand began reading the comments, which contained a variety of words not appropriate for broadcast.

This case was all over the place already with Gasser being arrested, released and arrested again and now the sheriff in charge seems to have lost his mind.

Normand read some of the worst words in the English language out loud during a press conference about something else. They just re-arrested they man accused of murdering McKnight and instead of focusing solely on that Normand gets super defensive and starts going rogue and dropping the n-word seemingly out of nowhere.

“That’s a topic I’m not going to discuss because, one, we’re not supposed to discuss other teams’ players in this position that I have here,” Jackson said. “So I violated one of the tenets of our thing. And the obvious thing is, the word itself carries connotation. And I just don’t understand that part of it, the word. So I guess word choice could be something I could regret. But yeah, talking about other teams’ players, that’s out of the box.”

Jackson also said he has no plans to meet with James about the comments.

“No, it’s water under the bridge,” he said. “I don’t think there was anybody hurt or harmed in this situation. I think LeBron’s friend obviously had an issue with it. So we just let it go. It’s not enough to talk about it.”

— ICYMI: Louisville women’s basketball coach Jeff Walz went off on a great rant about participation trophies following his team’s loss to the University of Maryland last week.

QUOTE OF THE DAY: “We’ll have plenty of time to figure that out. But the way that Rick emerged last year — first of all, just you think about Chris Sale as an addition, you think about the returning guys, another year in the progression of Eddie Rodriguez … David Price obviously, Steven Wright, get him back on track. And that’s not to leave out Drew Pomeranz or Clay Buchholz. There’s a surplus right now, but when you think about the high end of it, this is an exciting group.” — John Farrell, on the Red Sox pitching rotation after the acquisition of Chris Sale on Tuesday

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Tue, 12/06/2016 - 11:03pm — Anonymous

Mut talks with Rob, who is at the winter meetings, about the addition of Chris Sale to the Red Sox rotation, what it means for the club and who may move from the rotation to the bullpen.

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Tue, 12/06/2016 - 11:00pm — Anonymous

Mut is taking more calls and reaction to the Red Sox trading for Chris Sale, the loss of Yoan Moncada and the thoughts on the remainder of the farm system

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Tue, 12/06/2016 - 10:59pm — Anonymous

Mut is taking reaction from Red Sox fans about the Chris Sale trade. It seems the only person who doesn't like the trade is a Yankee fan who calls in.

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Tue, 12/06/2016 - 10:56pm — Anonymous

Mut is of course reacting to the big news of the day the Red Sox trading for White Sox starting pitcher Chris Sale and what he adds to the Red Sox rotation.

[0:01:16] ... Feels like Mitch bullet is now your. Billy everyday first base with HanleyRamirez. Going to a more prominent DH role that's to be determined by John Ferrell ala they get the spring training when you ... [0:03:44] ... five years in the league with David Price. In a league with FelixHernandez. And all the other all stars and great pictures in the jail. Since he became a starter. Varsity RA first and whip first complete games first and strikeouts first to know PS against. You are not getting if not the best pitcher in the American League today if you're Red Sox fan. He's at worst the second best behind FelixHernandez a wanna give yeah if king Felix the nod. I have a hard time argue with you. But he is it worse ... [0:08:37] ... If you're looking for other powerhouse offense. If you are looking for EdwinEncarnacion to replace David Ortiz again him for four years at twenty million dollars a year. The Red Sox found a better way. ... [0:09:40] ... questions about how does it work the split to any time that JohnFarrell's got to get. Yet into the the real extensive work here. I get a little bit concerned. As he's got to figure ...

Tue, 12/06/2016 - 8:35pm — Anonymous

Dale and Michael welcome in the newest member of the show Rich Keefe, and spend the day discussing the big news... Chris Sale has been traded to your Boston Red Sox.